It is one of Bergman's best films. It is not obscure and difficult to understand. The plot is coherent and the story is vivid. Humor is interspersed with seriousness. The image of the god of death is not so scary. He will sit down and play chess with you patiently. When performing tasks, he even brings his own saw to cut down trees... The scene of the attendant and the blacksmith complaining about the woman is a scene of praise, as well as the episode of the blacksmith's wife, etc. Adds a lot of humor to the film.
The most touching scene in the whole film is the knight and the actor's family sitting on the grass, the peaceful evening, milk and wild strawberries, the moving melody, the sleeping position of the baby, everyone enjoys this moment of tranquility, so simple and so beautiful , the idealist represented by the knights pursued the truth painfully, and he saw an answer to life in the actor's family of three.
The whole film starts with death and explores the issue of faith, which is also the motif of many of Bergman's films, full of rational philosophy. In the dark medieval Europe, the land ravaged by plagues, and the devout to ignorant believers, what should people believe, and where will their fate go? At the end, when facing the coming of death, different people showed different attitudes, which also left inspiration for the audience. The actor's family witnessed everyone dancing the dance of death towards eternal darkness, and they survived. Perhaps life does not need too much questioning, nor does it need to worship like an ascetic. It is full of love and gratitude for life itself, which is also a kind of redemption. Way.
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